Norman D. Dicks: “in essence what the gentleman is saying is one of the biggest problems has been getting the oil out of the ground, and…”

“in essence what the gentleman is saying is one of the biggest problems has been getting the oil out of the ground, and we are going to undermine the ability to do that. So this reserve that we think is going to be there to help us in the crisis, as a result of striking out your amendment, will make it less plausible that the oil will be there because we will not be able to maintain the strategic petroleum oil reserve. I want to associate myself with the gentleman. I think he is doing the right thing here. I think if we cut $100 million out of this bill, we will make a very serious mistake, because it is going to undermine the bill and put us in a situation where we are over our 602(b) allocations.”